Proposed Smaller One-dollar Coin: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Historic Preservation and Coinage of the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 12444 ... May 17 and 31, 1978 |
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Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Historic Preservation and Coinage of the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 12444 ... May 17 and 31, 1978 United ...
Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Historic Preservation and Coinage of the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 12444 ... May 17 and 31, 1978 United ...
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Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Historic Preservation and Coinage of the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 12444 ... May 17 and 31, 1978 United ...
Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Historic Preservation and Coinage of the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 12444 ... May 17 and 31, 1978 United ...
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Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Historic Preservation and Coinage of the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 12444 ... May 17 and 31, 1978 United ...
Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Historic Preservation and Coinage of the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 12444 ... May 17 and 31, 1978 United ...
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Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Historic Preservation and Coinage of the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 12444 ... May 17 and 31, 1978 United ...
Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Historic Preservation and Coinage of the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 12444 ... May 17 and 31, 1978 United ...
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... hearings on this proposal on May 31 . I can assure the members of the subcommittee that we will make quite a thorough examination of this matter , and I intend to in- volve many varied interests in our hearings . Before we call our ...
... hearings on this proposal on May 31 . I can assure the members of the subcommittee that we will make quite a thorough examination of this matter , and I intend to in- volve many varied interests in our hearings . Before we call our ...
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Page 237 - The true republic — men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less.
Page 50 - ... diverted to other uses, if we are best to serve the needs of trade and commerce, satisfy the convenience of the people, and protect the integrity of our coins. Experience has demonstrated that the necessities and convenience of the people can best be served and the integrity of our coins can only be protected from counterfeiting by limiting the number of designs with which in the course of time the public can become thoroughly familiar. Indeed, the Congress itself has recognized the soundness...
Page 43 - The half dollar shall have — (A) a diameter of 1.205 inches; (B) a cladding of an alloy of 800 parts of silver and 200 parts of copper; and (C) a core of an alloy of silver and copper such that the whole coin weighs 11.5 grams and contains 4.6 grams of silver and 6.9 grams of copper.
Page 202 - I shall be happy to respond to any questions which you or other members of the committee may have...
Page 50 - ... in order to promote uniformity in the designs of the various coins of the United States, to facilitate their proper use as circulating media, to enable counterfeit pieces to be readily detected, and to avoid the confusion which arises from special issues of commemorative coins, it is declared to be the policy of the United States to authorize the striking of commemorative medals in lieu of commemorative coins and to discontinue the striking of such coins. This section shall not be construed to...
Page 87 - SEC. 2. (a) Upon the approval of this Act all right, title, and interest, and every claim of the Federal Reserve Board, of every Federal Reserve bank, and of every Federal Reserve agent, in and to any and all gold coin and gold bullion shall pass to and are hereby vested in the United States; and in payment therefor credits in equivalent amounts in dollars are hereby established in the Treasury in the accounts authorized under the sixteenth paragraph of section 16 of the Federal Reserve Act, as heretofore...
Page 113 - STATEMENT OF HON. PATRICIA SCHROEDER, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF COLORADO Mrs. SCHROEDER. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Page 95 - I hope this information is useful. Please let me know if I can be of further assistance. Sincerely, Enclosures 9.ft.
Page 87 - All gold coin of the United States shall be withdrawn from circulation, and, together with all other gold owned by the United States, shall be formed into bars of such weights and degrees of fineness as the Secretary of the Treasury may direct.
Page 135 - Warde, thank you very much for your testimony. It has been very helpful to the committee.